MadP

I have a Melco embroidery machine, this job looks bad to me. If you decide to take the stitches out be very careful because it is very easy to make a hole. I do believe it could be done over in the same area. However it will weaken the fabric.

Norene B

I wouldn't have paid for it in the first place when I saw the work they did. I'm so sorry for you as it is a pretty piece.

SherryLea

I have an Embroidery machine and It looks like as the others said they did not use the right stablizer, but I can also tell you that taking all that out will be quite a chore and I always leave a hole somewhere no matter how careful I am. I would take it back tell them you are unhappy and see what they suggest. Unfortunalty machine embroidery is not a forgiving thing. It really doesn't look as bad as you think and you may be able to quilt it and it look ok. So sorry they did not do a good job for you

kittyquilt

I don't know much about embroidery, but I do know that it needs to be stabalized and it doesn't look like they did that. I would march myself right back there and ask them what they are going to do about it--and if they guarantee that they won't make it worse. At least I would demand part of my money back. just my thoughts, we shouldn't have to pay for poor quality work. good luck, so sorry this happened.

irma tapia

Could you try streaching it in a hoop to quilt it?

3TreeFrog

I agree with Wvdek, the shop needs to know that you are not satisfied. You get what you put up with, and by the looks of the beautiful project you are working on, the embroidery should be re-done!
Also if you don't go back to the shop, they may not be aware that they made such an error? I would go in politely, and explain to them how unsatisfied you are and just how important the embroidery is to the project. It is worth your while to go in and to not show you displeasure, but to show your discouragement and sadness!

TreeFrog

Lyn

Taking it out will be a mess. You might put a hole in it and the fabric will be weaker, take it from one who knows, behind the top stitches are many smaller ones to fill in. I looked at it closely and it does look like a very small stipple will help and honestly you might not see the wrinkles after that. They either needed many layers of stabilizer or heavier stabilizer. It looks like they used no stabilizer although you said there was one in back. That is a terrible job for a company to do for money. I'd ask for my money back and then go stipple it.

Lyn

Oh yeah, one more thing. Be careful ironing it. I would iron on the back. 1. not to flatten the lettering and 2. not to melt the thread. Don't go on a cotton setting. Most embroidery thread is polyester or rayon.

zoey

I would take a strip only of the same material and have them re-do the embroidering for free making sure this time they stabilize the fabric. Then take a piece of batting and cover the strip with the embroidery and applique the new strip over it. It will looked raised but will cover what looks like is impossible to fix otherwise. I don't think a raised embroidered strip will look unplanned it stands out anyway. Next time you want to embroider something on a quilt just take the fabric piece you want embroidered. And then use it as planned. The person at the shop might have had a hard time positioning the whole quilt top although it shouldn't be a problem for anyone with experience embroidering.

paloma

have you tried to steam iron it if you can get it flat tnen put iron on backing to hold i have had some success with this